Westert Art Music: Baroque (Part 2)

Fugue

Mass

Oratorio

Polyphony

Sonata

Viola da gamba

​This time:

Basso continuo

Cantata

Concerto

Concerto grosso

Dance suite

Figured bass

​Last time:

​But first, a recap!

Polyphonic piece where a theme/subject is heard in all the melody lines and developed throughout the piece

​​Fugue

​a musical setting of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist

for choir and/or soloists, consisting of the texts that are usually spoken: the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. Accompanied by orchestra or church organ

​​Mass

​a dramatic musical telling of a religious story, with orchestra, soloists and chorus (choir), without drama or costumes. Intended for concert performance rather than worship service

​​Oratorio

A musical texture of two or more simultaneous, independent melody lines

​​Polyphony

Solo, multi-movement work for an instrument, often consisting of 3 movements, with one or more of them being in sonata form. Melodic instrument sonatas are accompanied by a keyboard to provide harmony.

​​Sonata

a fretted, six-string instrument popular in the Renaissance, played upright; 7 sizes of gamba exist, with the bass viola da gamba bearing some resemblance to a violoncello.

​​Viola da gamba